re: PuttaDaForkDown

182/178.2/150. Doing pretty good, cheated a little today and ate like 3 pieces of halloween candy that appeared in the kitchen, that's about it.

Question regarding atkins/low carb/induction. So I see that the general idea is to go really low for two weeks, then gradually up the carbs re-introducing various food types. Is there a scientific reason for this or is it just the assumption that people can't maintain that low of a carb count indefinitely (due to food type restrictions) and therefore more of a psychological thing? Or does it just have that steep of a decline curve that after two weeks it doesn't matter anymore if you're at 15-20 carbs vs 40-50 (in terms of weight loss)?